Jerry Brudos: Fetish Killer

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Jerry Brudos. In his youth, Jerry developed an obsession with women’s feet and shoes – an obsession that would eventually drive him to murder four women between 1968 and 1969. Candice explains how Jerry’s fetish may have manifested, and what drove him to commit such terrible acts to feed his dark and violent sexual fantasies.

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0:19.6	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:25.0	Please be advised. In 1533, Italian noble woman Catherine de Medici was set to be married to Prince Henry of France.
0:44.0	At just four foot nine inches tall,
0:48.0	14 year old Catherine wanted to appear taller for the wedding.
0:53.0	So she adopted the 15th century practice of male nobles
0:58.2	and added a heel to her shoe.
1:01.7	This, of course, set off an immediate fashion trend at court and only men and women
1:07.7	of noble birth were allowed to wear healed shoes. In fact, in France, anyone wearing heels without permission
1:16.8	would be put to death. Eventually, the footwear was adopted by the general public. The chunky heels were popular until
1:25.9	after World War II when a new style, the stiletto, took the fashion world by storm. The name stiletto means dagger or knife in
1:37.8	Italian and sometimes the height of the heel can seem almost dangerous for women to balance on.
1:46.2	A chance some women were and are willing to take for the beauty of the shoe and the way it compliments their body.
1:56.0	For many, the stiletto is considered erotic and sexy.
2:01.0	The shoe elongates the legs, forces the chest to arch forward, while pushing the
2:08.6	woman's bottom out. The beautifully designed heel is most often exorbitantly priced and coveted by many.
2:20.0	The subject of today's episode, Jerry Brutos, was sexually aroused not just by women's shoes, but also their feet.
2:31.0	And Jerry did not just covet them. He killed for them. Hey podcast listeners. Have you heard? You can listen to your favorite
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